Isaiah 56:7 "All these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples."

Astounding things happen when God’s people get together to pray. Impossible victories are won. Enemies that stubbornly resist the opposition of individual believers flee in terror when pray-ers assemble side by side, each one giving his or her own unique supply of the Spirit.The Bible affirms it again and again. Both the Old Testament and the New tell us about times when the powers of darkness were driven back and defeated because people linked their hearts and their faith together and became a house of prayer. That is what we are as born again believers, you know. We are a house of prayer. We are God’s temple. He dwells in us not only individually but “collectively as a church” (1 Corinthians 3:16 Amp). And these days, I sense in my heart that our collective power is most urgently needed. As precious as our solitary times of prayer may be and as much as we may enjoy fellowshipping alone with the Father, we are living in a time fraught with challenges that can only be met by the corporate prayers of God’s people. We are in a season when we need not just lone prayer rangers, but “the church, in all its various parts, closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied…each part [with power adapted to its need]…working properly [in all its functions]…(Eph. 4:16 Amp). In other words, during these last and greatest days of the Church, God is looking for pray-ers who will draw near not only to Him but to each other.

Thought for the day: He is searching for those who will join hands and hearts and become a house of prayer. Are you involved in your church's intercession prayer group?

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The Daily Bread

A devotional to equip, exhort, motivate and feed your spirit.

Larry Smoot

Pastor Larry Smoot is Senior Pastor of Church on the Rock in Stafford County, Virginia.